Plato — boys' name

What the Data Says About Plato

The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Plato between 1914 and 1977, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Plato currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Plato performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Plato shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Plato in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Plato in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 216 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.